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[Lilypond-auto] Issue 2542 in lilypond: Support for pdf layers
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[Lilypond-auto] Issue 2542 in lilypond: Support for pdf layers |
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Fri, 18 May 2012 12:06:09 +0000 |
Status: Accepted
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Labels: Type-Enhancement
New issue 2542 by address@hidden: Support for pdf layers
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2542
Urs Liska wrote :
is it possible to think of LilyPond supporting pdf layers, i.e. producing
output that is distributed on several layers?
The most obvious use for such a thing would be the option to have different
languages in one document (and the enduser being able to chose from by
selecting/deselecting layers). Or for teaching purposes (documents where
you can hide/show solutions, hints or explanations). Or show/hide
fingerings. Or to produce by default a hidden layer with \debugCurvesOn.
(I think the options are numerous).
But I'm even more interested in such a use for scholarly editions.
There have been many experiments and discussions recently in the world of
musicological editing dealing with options to present the material,
different readings, different musical sources etc.
Being able to produce layered pdfs could be a major 'selling point' for
LilyPond. And make it better known in the editorial world.
As I just now experienced LilyPond's potential as a tool for collaborative
editing, I could imagine that this would be an interesting target group.
I don't know how pdf layers work internally, but I imagine it should
_basically_ be quite simple to create layers and write music on a specific
layer. This could be entered with a syntax similar to tags or a modified
\change command.
I am well aware that it wouldn't be trivial at all to deal with the more
complex implications, especially the question of layers being involved in
collision handling or not (which would have to be very flexible - and
therefore at the same time complex).
But for now I'd just like to know if such a thing would in principle be
considered possible.
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